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	[[Image:~~HAPP~~.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Photo courtesy: Dubuque Obituaries]]HAPP, Robert. (Rochester, NY, Nov. 4, 1941--Asbury, IA, April 5, 2026). The oldest of five children of Earl and Ruth (Vick) Happ, Robert was a 1959 graduate of the former Webster Central School. He earned his undergraduate degree at Ottawa University in Kansas in 1963 and after completing a Master’s Degree at the University of Iowa and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport, he began on a 59-year teaching career in Iowa. He earned an Education Specialist (Ed.S) degree from Western Illinois University. Settling in Dubuque area in 1971, he was the Chair of the English Department of [[STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH for 59 years and then taught at the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]] until 2022.		[[Image:Happ.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Photo courtesy: Dubuque Obituaries]]HAPP, Robert. (Rochester, NY, Nov. 4, 1941--Asbury, IA, April 5, 2026). The oldest of five children of Earl and Ruth (Vick) Happ, Robert was a 1959 graduate of the former Webster Central School. He earned his undergraduate degree at Ottawa University in Kansas in 1963 and after completing a Master’s Degree at the University of Iowa and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport, he began on a 59-year teaching career in Iowa. He earned an Education Specialist (Ed.S) degree from Western Illinois University. Settling in Dubuque area in 1971, he was the Chair of the English Department of [[STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL]]for 59 years and then taught at the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]] until 2022.

	During his 55 years of membership in the [[FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH]], he was a served on the leadership Board with nearly half of that time as Financial Secretary. He was a three-time Worshipful Master of his Masonic Lodge, Mosaic #125, and took great care in stewarding its scholarship program.		During his 55 years of membership in the [[FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH]], he was a served on the leadership Board with nearly half of that time as Financial Secretary. He was a three-time Worshipful Master of his Masonic Lodge, Mosaic #125, and took great care in stewarding its scholarship program.

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	[[Image:~~Images~~\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Photo courtesy: Dubuque Obituaries]]HAPP, Robert. (Rochester, NY, Nov. 4, 1941--Asbury, IA, April 5, 2026). The oldest of five children of Earl and Ruth (Vick) Happ, Robert was a 1959 graduate of the former Webster Central School. He earned his undergraduate degree at Ottawa University in Kansas in 1963 and after completing a Master’s Degree at the University of Iowa and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport, he began on a 59-year teaching career in Iowa. He earned an Education Specialist (Ed.S) degree from Western Illinois University. Settling in Dubuque area in 1971, he was the Chair of the English Department of [[STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH for 59 years and then taught at the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]] until 2022.		[[Image:HAPP.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Photo courtesy: Dubuque Obituaries]]HAPP, Robert. (Rochester, NY, Nov. 4, 1941--Asbury, IA, April 5, 2026). The oldest of five children of Earl and Ruth (Vick) Happ, Robert was a 1959 graduate of the former Webster Central School. He earned his undergraduate degree at Ottawa University in Kansas in 1963 and after completing a Master’s Degree at the University of Iowa and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport, he began on a 59-year teaching career in Iowa. He earned an Education Specialist (Ed.S) degree from Western Illinois University. Settling in Dubuque area in 1971, he was the Chair of the English Department of [[STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH for 59 years and then taught at the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]] until 2022.

	During his 55 years of membership in the [[FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH]], he was a served on the leadership Board with nearly half of that time as Financial Secretary. He was a three-time Worshipful Master of his Masonic Lodge, Mosaic #125, and took great care in stewarding its scholarship program.		During his 55 years of membership in the [[FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH]], he was a served on the leadership Board with nearly half of that time as Financial Secretary. He was a three-time Worshipful Master of his Masonic Lodge, Mosaic #125, and took great care in stewarding its scholarship program.

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	HAPP, Robert. (Rochester, NY, Nov. 4, 1941--Asbury, IA, April 5, 2026). The oldest of five children of Earl and Ruth (Vick) Happ, Robert was a 1959 graduate of the former Webster Central School. He earned his undergraduate degree at Ottawa University in Kansas in 1963 and after completing a Master’s Degree at the University of Iowa and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport, he began on a 59-year teaching career in Iowa. He earned an Education Specialist (Ed.S) degree from Western Illinois University. Settling in Dubuque area in 1971, he was the Chair of the English Department of [[STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH for 59 years and then taught at the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]] until 2022.		[[Image:Images\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Photo courtesy: Dubuque Obituaries]]HAPP, Robert. (Rochester, NY, Nov. 4, 1941--Asbury, IA, April 5, 2026). The oldest of five children of Earl and Ruth (Vick) Happ, Robert was a 1959 graduate of the former Webster Central School. He earned his undergraduate degree at Ottawa University in Kansas in 1963 and after completing a Master’s Degree at the University of Iowa and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport, he began on a 59-year teaching career in Iowa. He earned an Education Specialist (Ed.S) degree from Western Illinois University. Settling in Dubuque area in 1971, he was the Chair of the English Department of [[STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH for 59 years and then taught at the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]] until 2022.

	During his 55 years of membership in the [[FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH]], he was a served on the leadership Board with nearly half of that time as Financial Secretary. He was a three-time Worshipful Master of his Masonic Lodge, Mosaic #125, and took great care in stewarding its scholarship program.		During his 55 years of membership in the [[FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH]], he was a served on the leadership Board with nearly half of that time as Financial Secretary. He was a three-time Worshipful Master of his Masonic Lodge, Mosaic #125, and took great care in stewarding its scholarship program.

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	[[Category: Civil Rights]]		[[Category: Civil Rights]]

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HAPP, Robert. (Rochester, NY, Nov. 4, 1941--Asbury, IA, April 5, 2026). The oldest of five children of Earl and Ruth (Vick) Happ, Robert was a 1959 graduate of the former Webster Central School. He earned his undergraduate degree at Ottawa University in Kansas in 1963 and after completing a Master’s Degree at the University of Iowa and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport, he began on a 59-year teaching career in Iowa. He earned an Education Specialist (Ed.S) degree from Western Illinois University. Settling in Dubuque area in 1971, he was the Chair of the English Department of [[STEPHEN HEMPSTEAD HIGH for 59 years and then taught at the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]] until 2022.

During his 55 years of membership in the [[FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH]], he was a served on the leadership Board with nearly half of that time as Financial Secretary. He was a three-time Worshipful Master of his Masonic Lodge, Mosaic #125, and took great care in stewarding its scholarship program.

Bob’s definition of “community” also extended beyond his immediate surroundings to people he had never met. In the mid 1960s, he was arrested and jailed in the heart of Mississippi for protesting against efforts to keep African Americans from voting. He and a handful of friends had originally traveled south with thousands of books to establish a “freedom library” for black citizens prevented from entering the local libraries.

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1. Dubuque Obituaries, Online.

[[Category: Educator]
[[Category: Civil Rights]]